BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

MichaelAwkward · 28 Jul 2018 at 10:04

Hmm. So it looks like DLM finally changed on my line although only for my upload.

Was connected at 39999 down, 3208 up earlier but it's just reconnected at 1308 up. Seems there's a bunch of lost packets initially and then it's fine. I may plug the router back into the master socket just to see whether the extension is making a difference.

I wish I could get Virgin in these flats, never had any of these problems at my last place.

zipp0r · 28 Jul 2018 at 13:50

MichaelAwkward said:
Hmm. So it looks like DLM finally changed on my line although only for my upload.

Was connected at 39999 down, 3208 up earlier but it's just reconnected at 1308 up. Seems there's a bunch of lost packets initially and then it's fine. I may plug the router back into the master socket just to see whether the extension is making a difference.

I wish I could get Virgin in these flats, never had any of these problems at my last place.

should really be in the master socket with all extensions in the house completely disconnected. then use an ethernet cable from router to your other room or whatever.

MichaelAwkward · 28 Jul 2018 at 16:29

zipp0r said:
should really be in the master socket with all extensions in the house completely disconnected. then use an ethernet cable from router to your other room or whatever.

This is following on from previous posts in this thread when the router was connected to the test socket initially. I’m not a beginner.

david25 · 28 Jul 2018 at 18:12

Hello everyone, I had some thunderstorms, last night and not surprisingly the FTTC connection was lost.

Now I have a big gap between theoretical and current speeds, will this fix itself?

Thanks

Bigpig · 30 Jul 2018 at 21:52

My contract with BT has finished a while ago and it's costing me around 50 quid a month. Thinking of jumping over to Plusnet. Anyone use them in N.ireland?

Currently getting 50mb down. Think it's the max I can get.(FTTC)

On Holiday · 30 Jul 2018 at 21:54

david25 · 3 Aug 2018 at 13:35

WoodyUK said:
How does your phone line sound? Do a quiet line test if you can find a working number for it.

Yep, the phone line sounds quiet to me.

bulldog147 · 4 Aug 2018 at 04:13

V_R said:
Some ISP's (BT & PN that I know of) can now do a DLM reset without the involvement of OR, that might be an option?

Yep as PN do have it but only in circumstances reasonable for this DLM Remotely Resetted if the line was banded

pcfarrar · 10 Aug 2018 at 13:30

Well this is good news, G.fast should never have been deployed at all.

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.p...ollout-of-g-fast-broadband-focus-on-fttp.html

Ayahuasca · 24 Sep 2018 at 14:27

So is the plan eventually to have most streets dug up and fibre fitted to properties? A quick google shows FTTP rollouts being a slow process up till 2030-33

I'm not very hopeful for the house I've just moved into as it's over 100 years old, my FTTC connection syncs at the full 80/20 though as the cabinet is close and the exchange is also very close.

I was looking forward to G.fast as I think my downstream would have more than doubled or tripled but after the previous post in this thread, that looks unlikely now.

bremen1874 · 24 Sep 2018 at 14:34

There wouldn't necessarily need to be that much digging. The ducts should already exist and be full of the copper cabling they'll be replacing.

Where the cabling is overhead it'll presumably be a much simpler job.

thewanted · 24 Sep 2018 at 14:37

Ayahuasca said:
So is the plan eventually to have most streets dug up and fibre fitted to properties? A quick google shows FTTP rollouts being a slow process up till 2030-33 I'm not very hopeful for the house I've just moved into as it's over 100 years old, my FTTC connection syncs at the full 80/20 though as the cabinet is close and the exchange is also very close.

I was looking forward to G.fast as I think my downstream would have more than doubled or tripled but after the previous post in this thread, that looks unlikely now.

I'm starting to think we'll get widespread 5G coverage long before FTTP becomes the norm

willhub · 24 Sep 2018 at 14:43

Why can't get get unlimited mobile broadband? Landline is mostly unlimited and for obvious reasons mobile broadband would be so much better and more convenient!

MissChief · 24 Sep 2018 at 14:43

thewanted said:
I'm starting to think we'll get widespread 5G coverage long before FTTP becomes the norm

Until decent usage limits or unlimited usage at a decent price becomes the norm then while coverage will be widespread it won't replace fixed line broadband for quite a while.

Ayahuasca · 24 Sep 2018 at 14:47

5G might be nice for the odd rapid download but at the current mobile data limits it's useless, even if 100GB data packages became the norm.

MissChief · 24 Sep 2018 at 14:52

Ayahuasca said:
5G might be nice for the odd rapid download but at the current mobile data limits it's useless, even if 100GB data packages became the norm.

Most homes with kids or even with two people will use more than 100GB a month. And we always see a huge spike in usage when we upgrade someone from DSL to Fibre.

thewanted · 24 Sep 2018 at 14:53

MissChief said:
Until decent usage limits or unlimited usage at a decent price becomes the norm then while coverage will be widespread it won't replace fixed line broadband for quite a while.

Ayahuasca said:
5G might be nice for the odd rapid download but at the current mobile data limits it's useless, even if 100GB data packages became the norm.

We'll see. Verizon is launching an unlimited 5G service in a few US cities next week - https://www.howtogeek.com/366259/how-5g-could-transform-your-home-internet-connection/

Verizon promises typical speeds of about 300 Mbps and peak speeds up to 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps)—and no data caps. The service costs $70 a month if you’re not already a Verizon customer and $50 per month if you are.

willhub · 24 Sep 2018 at 14:53

MissChief said:
Most homes with kids or even with two people will use more than 100GB a month. And we always see a huge spike in usage when we upgrade someone from DSL to Fibre.

Even on my crappy internet we must use going on 400GB a month with netflix and amazon and Windows Update constantly downloading. And yes I've just pulled that figure out of the air as a rough estimate.

Ayahuasca · 24 Sep 2018 at 14:58

MissChief said:
Most homes with kids or even with two people will use more than 100GB a month. And we always see a huge spike in usage when we upgrade someone from DSL to Fibre.

Yeah just like anything in life, the more you have the more you use

b0rn2sk8 · 24 Sep 2018 at 17:11

Wouldn’t latency and capacity still be an issue with 5G?

Mobile internet is also really inconsistent. It’s passable because normally you are not doing serious work on your mobile.

You can easily get 40+mb on 4G but I’d never want to for example play a FPS game online using it.